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David Stimpson, curator at National Museum Jamaica.
An audio, as well as a visual display on the Old Harbour Bay Christmas custom of Buru singing will be mounted December 23 through January 2021 at the National Museum Jamaica, with the assistance of the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica Division of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ).
The Christmas Day custom has been happening for untold generations and includes a parade through Old Harbour Bay, St Catherine, beginning on Christmas morning. Buru is akin to the more recognised Jonkonnu and masquerade, although now celebrated in Old Harbour Bay without costumes. On Christmas Day the Buru drummers move through the community, singing songs of rebuke and ridicule about members who have committed offences during the past year.